03-16-2015, 06:17 PM | #1 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Fairland
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| Did I smoke my esc?
So was out driving my wraith today since it was such a nice day here in the midwest. I got about 5 minutes into it and all the sudden my motor quit working. Still had steering so I unplugged battery and plugged it back in. No beeps from ESC for cell count still no power to motor. Found that the red led still blinks when I apply throttle and stays solid upon full throttle but no motor turn. Tires are free so there is no binding. I am assuming it is smoked. Which axial says that the AE-5 is 3s compatible....so I am at a loss. What do you guys think?
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03-16-2015, 06:36 PM | #2 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: East Bay Area, CA
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| Re: Did I smoke my esc?
Try to rebind the radio to reciever and then try to recalibrate the esc.
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03-16-2015, 06:45 PM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NW Indiana
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| Re: Did I smoke my esc?
You may have had a motor failure....does it run with battery applied directly to the motor leads? I would verify the condition of the motor before buying an ESC...was it the stock motor?...
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03-16-2015, 07:55 PM | #4 |
I joined the Band! Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Earth
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| Re: Did I smoke my esc?
Check your motor brushes and the wires to the motor. If the brushes are worn and/or not sliding smoothly in the brush hood you'll loose motor function. Same goes for a motor wire that's not connected securely.
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03-16-2015, 09:02 PM | #5 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Fairland
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| Re: Did I smoke my esc?
I will try rebinding. The motor works fine. No it is not the stock motor. It is a firebolt. Cheap motor I can abuse and replace if necessary. Brushes look alright about half worn. Yes it runs with battery connected to motor leads. I use a single round cell Lipo to test that. I just found it weird that it doesn't beep anymore to designate how many lipo cells it detects.
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03-16-2015, 10:00 PM | #6 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Fairland
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| Re: Did I smoke my esc?
Ok so upon further inspection. The motor stopped turning with a battery hooked up. Missing a brush on one side. Time to go brushless!
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